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Dear R users, An updated version of the np package has recently been uploaded to CRAN (version 0.20-0). Version 0.20-0 is documented in Tristen Hayfield and Jeffrey S. Racine (2008). Nonparametric Econometrics: The np Package. Journal of Statistical Software 27(5). URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v27/i05/ and also in a vignette (vignette("np",package="np")). There is also a FAQ

Dear R users, An updated version of the np package has recently been uploaded to CRAN (version 0.20-0). Version 0.20-0 is documented in Tristen Hayfield and Jeffrey S. Racine (2008). Nonparametric Econometrics: The np Package. Journal of Statistical Software 27(5). URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v27/i05/ and also in a vignette (vignette("np",package="np")). There is also a FAQ

Dear R users, A parallel implementation of the np package titled `npRmpi' is now available on CRAN. This package can take advantage of multiple core computing environments to reduce the run time associated with the methods contained in the np package. Kindly see the vignette for details and examples on modifying np code and running it in a parallel environment. You are requested to seek

Dear R users, A parallel implementation of the np package titled `npRmpi' is now available on CRAN. This package can take advantage of multiple core computing environments to reduce the run time associated with the methods contained in the np package. Kindly see the vignette for details and examples on modifying np code and running it in a parallel environment. You are requested to seek

Dear R users, An updated version of the np package has recently been uploaded to CRAN (version 0.14-1). The package is briefly described in a recent issue of Rnews (October, 2007, http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2007-2.pdf) for those who might be interested. A somewhat more detailed paper that describes the np package is forthcoming in the Journal of Statistical Software

Dear R users, An updated version of the np package has recently been uploaded to CRAN (version 0.14-1). The package is briefly described in a recent issue of Rnews (October, 2007, http://cran.r-project.org/doc/Rnews/Rnews_2007-2.pdf) for those who might be interested. A somewhat more detailed paper that describes the np package is forthcoming in the Journal of Statistical Software

Dear R users, Version 0.30-1 of the np package has been released and uploaded to CRAN. The np package provides nonparametric kernel smoothing methods for mixed data types. We encourage anyone using the package to upgrade to the latest version. Description: This package provides a variety of nonparametric (and semiparametric) kernel methods that seamlessly handle a mix of continuous, unordered,

Dear R users, Version 0.30-1 of the np package has been released and uploaded to CRAN. The np package provides nonparametric kernel smoothing methods for mixed data types. We encourage anyone using the package to upgrade to the latest version. Description: This package provides a variety of nonparametric (and semiparametric) kernel methods that seamlessly handle a mix of continuous, unordered,

Dear useRs, We are pleased to announce that versions 0.50-1 of the np package and its MPI-aware counterpart, the npRmpi package, are now available on CRAN: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/np/index.html http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/npRmpi/index.html In these versions we add new functionality: - new methods for multivariate mixed-data bandwidth selection for unconditional and

Dear useRs, We are pleased to announce that versions 0.50-1 of the np package and its MPI-aware counterpart, the npRmpi package, are now available on CRAN: http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/np/index.html http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/npRmpi/index.html In these versions we add new functionality: - new methods for multivariate mixed-data bandwidth selection for unconditional and

Dear R users, Version 0.30-6 of the np package has been uploaded to CRAN. See http://cran.r-project.org/package=np Note that the cubature package is now required in addition to the boot package. The recent updates in 0.30-4 through 0.30-6 provides additional functionality in the form of five new functions that incorporate frequently requested nonparametric entropy-based testing methods to the

Dear R users, Version 0.30-6 of the np package has been uploaded to CRAN. See http://cran.r-project.org/package=np Note that the cubature package is now required in addition to the boot package. The recent updates in 0.30-4 through 0.30-6 provides additional functionality in the form of five new functions that incorporate frequently requested nonparametric entropy-based testing methods to the

Dear UseRs: Recently, I have read an article regarding the association between age and lymph node metastases. http://jco.ascopubs.org/content/27/18/2931.long In statistical analysis, the authors stated "Because a nonlinear relationship between age and lymph node involvement was expected based on existing literature, lymph node involvement was also regressed on age using nonparametric

Dear R-users, I am fitting a kernel regression model of the form y ~ x1 + factor(x2) + factor(x3) and am using the function npregbw in the np-package to find the optimal bandwidths. My dataset is relatively large and the optimization takes quite long. When testing different specifications I have noticed that the optimal bw for x3 is always very close to zero (around 10^-12 or so). I am

Hello r-help, I am using the excellent np package to conduct a nonparametric kernel regression and am having some trouble plotting the results. I have 2 covariates, x1 and x2, and a continuous outcome variable y. I am conducting a nonparametric regression of y on x1 and x2. The one somewhat unusual feature of these data is that, to be included in the dataset, x1 must be at least as large as x2.

Greetings. For R gurus this may be a no brainer, but I could not find pointers to efficient computation of this beast in past help files. Background - I wish to implement a Cramer-von Mises type test statistic which involves double sums of max(X_i,Y_j) where X and Y are vectors of differing length. I am currently using ifelse pointwise in a vector, but have a nagging suspicion that there is a

Hi, and thanks in advance for your time. Background - I am working on a package and wish to have a routine's progress reported. The routine can take some time, and I would like to inform the user about the routine's progress. I have scoured the archives but to no avail, so would like to solicit input from this list. I am successfully using cat("\rBootstrap replication ", i,

Get some question about the function "gam". Suppose I have a semiparametric model, Y~x1+x2+s(z1). Using "gam", how could I get the estimates for the parametric part and nonparametric part respectively? And another question: we could find the coefficients for both parametric term and nonparametric term, what do these coefficients for the nonparametric term stand for, the

Dear R users, I have a problem for which my objective function depends on both discrete and continuous arguments. The problem is that the number of combinations for the (multivariate) discrete arguments can become overwhelming (when it is univariate this is not an issue) hence search over the continuous arguments for each possible combination of the discrete arguments may not be feasible. Guided

Hi. I have recently noticed that when using boxplot with outline=FALSE, the default ylim (xlim if horizontal=TRUE) might be improved on. The default can result in much wasted display and hard to read plots. A simple snippet of test code is given below that illustrates the issue along with a suggested improvement. Thanks ever so much for your wonderful and ongoing contributions to the open source